Steps towards Studying in Germany

Preparation Courses for the DSH, TestDaF and Studienkolleg Examinations
in Munich

A good preparation course for the DSH and Studienkolleg
examinations should fulfill
the following
criteria:

The
institute chosen for the preparation course should

- have
adequate experience in offering such courses,

-
employ experienced and qualified instructors,

- have
reasonable class sizes,

-
demonstrate high pass rates,

-
provide a suitable learning environment,

-
offer professional advice,

-
teach the course intensively, with adequate hours per week (minimum of
20 per
week),

-
be in close proximity to the
university,

- charge a fair price for its courses.

It is thus important to compare different offers because preparation
courses are provided by a variety of institutions in Munich, but not
all of them can be highly
recommended.

This website does not want to be an advertisement. It wants to answer
one of the many questions that usually arise at this point. One
institution should be named that fulfills the above requirements and
that is liked and recommended by the students who have prepared for
their university studies there. This recommendation is based on many
conversations with language students from different countries who have
checked out different schools in Munich, and it is also based on
intensive online research.
The Studeinkolleg in Munich writes about making the correct decision
for a preparation course on its website (http://www.studienkolleg.mhn.de/n1_faq.html):

"How can I prepare for the German entrance
exam?

There are many private language schools, as well as the
Volkshochschulen, that offer language preparation courses for the
Studienkolleg in Munich. At the Studiumkolleg in Munich there is not
such a course.
Before you register for a preparation course at a private language
school, you should most certainly check the content and the main points
of the course. It is also important to look carefully at the price in
comparison to what the course offers. Maybe you could also have the
possibility to contact a former student to discuss his/her experience
and get his/her opinion of the quality of the
lessons."

ASL International Language School on the Leopoldstraße in
Munich has 6-week, 8-week, and 10-week DSH and TestDaf preparation
courses. The courses are 25-hours-per-week and the maximum
class
size is 16. Students are taught by highly-qualified instructors
specializing in such courses. Above all though, ASL can show success
rates of 90-95% for the DSH and the TestDaF, and 85% for the
Studienkolleg.

This institute is also proof that quality need not be expensive;
applicants can take an intensive course and prepare for these
examinations with the best chance of success for only 380 Euros for
four weeks - that is, 90 Euros for a 20-hour week. You cannot find a
better price for this quality anywhere on the internet. Courses at
other schools are either not as intensive (fewer lessons per week) or
much more expensive. Another, often decisive, advantage of ASL is that
the institute offers each of its intensive courses, from the basic
level to the advanced level (A1 - C2), at the same price.

Naturally, comprehensive counseling is as much a part of ASL as is the
pleasant learning experience.